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Friday, April 25, 2014

Home again, home again

Well, Texas & I have survived each other.No monster (14” long, 1.25” wide!!)
millipedes this time, and our dear Princess T is thriving.Miss A has had some setbacks, mostly due to
being a teen now (and just a bit of a drama Queen? Maybe).The warm weather has officially moved into
middle Tennessee, so we’re sleeping with the window open.The other human members of the Plaid Patrol
did not cook any dinners while I was gone, but still managed to dirty every
dish in the house.That’s ok, they’re
the ones that have to clean it up!

Exciting news: I finished the Princess’ Bunny Hop
sweater!I got some heavy duty fusible
binding tape, same width as the ribbon facing for the snap closures, used it to
press on the ribbon quite firmly – and totally stabilized the fronts of the
sweater.Then measured & marked (Dog
bless washable markers!) placement for 11 snaps, and pounded on those
snaps.Whew!Such banging and bashing!But it’s done like dinner (love that
expression, thank you Stephanie).I’m
waiting on some ordered presents to arrive, and will ship the sweater to our
Princess as soon as I can put them all together.

(pay no attention to the dates on these pics; every time the battery dies the $&^% camera resets to a random date.)

I’m using one of my birthday presents from Sis, some Kertzer
sock yarn in very parrot-y colors, to make a Cat’s Paw Scarf (Elizabeth Lovick,
Northern Knitting).I started another
pattern in this and then found my copy was missing one line, so switched to
this much simpler pattern.Right now it
looks like someone spilled food colors in a vat of cooked Ramen noodles….but
blocking will sort it out.I did get the
Knitters Pride Trendz acrylic interchangeable needle set (Haus of Yarn ordered
it for me J)
, which I mean to use for swatching the Gramps Cardigan – as Dog is my witness,
I will get gauge! – but I’m using the
size 10 tips for this scarf.It’s quite
loose; mostly air with a bit of string run through it.It’s been good travel knitting, since there
are only 6 rows and only 3 have increases & decreases. I've been working on it off & on almost two weeks now, and I'm still only half way thru the skein -- this puppy's gonna be long!

Where've I been?

What Book Are You

You're Siddhartha!by Hermann HesseYou simply don't know what to believe, but you're willing to try
anything once. Western values, Eastern values, hedonism and minimalism, you've spent
some time in every camp. But you still don't have any idea what camp you belong in.
This makes you an individualist of the highest order, but also really lonely. It's
time to chill out under a tree. And realize that at least you believe in
ferries.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

My Hogwarts House

Which Pirate Are You?

You are The Cap'n!

Some men and women are born great, some achieve greatness and some slit the throats of any scalawag who stands between them and unlimited power. You never met a man - or woman - you couldn't eviscerate. You are the definitive Man of Action, the CEO of the Seven Seas, Lee Iacocca in a blousy shirt and drawstring-fly pants. You're mission-oriented, and if anyone gets in the way, that's his problem, now isn't? Your buckle was swashed long ago and you have never been so sure of anything as your ability to bend everyone to your will. You will call anyone out and cut off his head if he shows any sign of taking you on or backing down. If one of your lieutenants shows an overly developed sense of ambition he may find more suitable accommodations in Davy Jones' locker. That is, of course, IF you notice him. You tend to be self absorbed - a weakness that may keep you from seeing enemies where they are and imagining them where they are not.

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I've crocheted, cross stitched, beaded, and finally (!) found knitting -- what the heck was I thinking? This year, I had another thought: Color knitting! Find me on Ravelry as AnnBan, or on Facebook. P.S. The answer's 42.